The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-27

Clayton, ''who originated the rule
among the deer hunters that whoever missed
deer at sixty yards should lose the tail of his
shirt. lie has never fired and missed yet, but
he says if he does he knows he will lose all
the lower part of his undergarment, from the
neckband down, as the boys swear they will
each wear piece of it as button-hole
bouquet" A party of deer hunters is out in the
swamps today. Colonel J. L. Boyt, the vet
eran fox hunter, caught two foxes yesterday,
and also brought into the city long process
sion OF wagons containing fifty bales of cotton
OF his this years crop.
Mr.. Robert G. Ray the Douglas county
farmer to whom was awarded one of Messrs.
Scott q Cos first prizes, seems to have got
into pretty tight place.
Ho is now accused of having committed
forgery.
One of the three names signed to the cortiA-
cate which accompanied his exhibit or claim
was that of Mr.. A. Il. Boomer. Mr.. Boemer
is one of the most prominent citizens of Doug
las county, was foreman of the grand jury at
the last term Of court, and it is the feeling in
Douglas county that if Mr.. Boomer certified
to the truth of Mr.. Rays claim it must be
true.
But Mr.. Boomer says he didn't do that.
He was in the city yesterday, and called on
Nessrs. Scott & Co. Here CONSTITUTION
reporter met him.
II came down." he said, Ito see il it was
true that my name was signed to that paper.
l see it is there, and want simply to say that
l did not sign it. The signature is forgery.
will also say that so far as l know I never
saw Mr.. Rays crop, and I certainly never
looked at it with view to judging it in any
way. There isn't money enough in Georgia
to make me sign a certificate which do not
know to be true, and never signed that.
feel that it is due myself to make this public
denial of any connection with this affair."
"Do you know Ray?"
Eyes he lives about four or FIVE miles from
me. His reputation as q farmer is first rate"
"Do you think he raised as much cotton as
he claimed?"
81 have no means of knowing and my opin-
ion is no better than that of anybody else. He
is good farmer. L do not pretend to say that
he did not do all he claims. All have to Say
is that l did not sign that paper"
Ray has disappeared.
After satisfying themselves that there had
been some sort of a fraud perpetrated the attor-
neys of Messrs. Scott & Co. swore out war
rant for Rays arrest. This was placed in the
hands OF the sheriff of Douglas county, but
Bay could not be found
Colonel Scott is of the opinion Mr.. Ray will
soon come back, and that the truth of the
story will soon be ascertained.
ALABAMA.
James Chastine,a white man confined in Bir-
ham Jail for murder, is dying staonrvaifot
He was put in Jail last July, and abouta month
ago announced that he was going to starve
himself to death. For thirteen days and nights
not a particle of food or water passed his lips
The county physician then took charge of him
and forced food down his throat. He was re-
moved to the hospital until he regained little
strength, when he was taken back to Jail. He
Immediately refused to eat, and for ten days
now he has not swallowed nourishment of any
kind. Chastine is now living skeleton, with
scarce enough strength to speak in whisper
He persists in his intention Of starving himself
and cannot survive many days longer. He has
a wife and several children.
The prisoner died in the Jail at an early
hour Wednesday. He was reduced to skele-
ton, and had been unconscious for forty-eight
hours before his DEATH The crime for which
he was imprisoned was the cold b1ooded muir
der of man named Hugh Boyle. The crime
was committed last July.